Using LinkLabels to create hyperlinks: Open Browser
Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim myform As Form = New FrmLinkLabel() Application.Run(myform) End Sub ' Main End Class Public Class FrmLinkLabel Inherits Form #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub ' linklabels to C: drive, www.deitel.com and Notepad Friend WithEvents linkLabel As LinkLabel 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.linkLabel = New LinkLabel() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'linkLabel ' Me.linkLabel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(72, 16) Me.linkLabel.Name = "linkLabel" Me.linkLabel.TabIndex = 0 Me.linkLabel.TabStop = True Me.linkLabel.Text = "http://www.java2s.com" ' 'FrmLinkLabel ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(364, 149) Me.Controls.AddRange(New Control() {Me.linkLabel}) Me.Name = "FrmLinkLabel" Me.Text = "LinkLabelTest" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region ' browse C:\ drive Private Sub linkLabel_LinkClicked _ (ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As _ System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs) _ Handles linkLabel.LinkClicked linkLabel.LinkVisited = True System.Diagnostics.Process.Start _ ("IExplore", "http://www.java2s.com") End Sub ' linkLabel End Class